You owe it to yourself to develop your own interpretation of a text, & there's no shortcut to doing that but sitting & going through all of its words & absorbing them.

The wrecking ball is moving so fast that @science.org has its very own Trump Tracker to keep track of the damage done to scientists, research, and human health www.science.org/content/arti...

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@aliyemarie.bsky.social welcome! Glad to keep in touch here.

I am excited to share that Kelly Metz-Matthews, Ph.D. and I have a chapter entitled “Cocreating Complexities, New Epistemologies, and Sustaining Collaboration” in this new volume on sustainable, collaborative, intercultural learning. It was an absolute joy working with volume editor Dr. Ondine Gage.

ICE is planning immigration raids starting Tuesday. Please amplify.

Trump has always craved admiration and respect from those who he saw as smarter than him. Manhattan wouldn’t give it to him, so he went to Silicon Valley.

Deactivated my TT account. X is long gone. Deleted FB messenger. Cut FB most access to my data—might delete. Ig and Threads have daily timers for very limited daily use. Muted certain words and names. Switching to Bluesky and texts if anything. I’m aiming to go offline this year and be present.

TikTok is back but like, in the way your long lost son appears on your doorstep after a mysterious disappearance & he looks & sounds the same but he’s harboring a dark secret and ok lemme turn off Lifetime

We do not need to cede him any more power than he will have tomorrow. He won the popular vote by 1.5%. He did not crack 50% of the overall vote. His win does not mark a sea change in public opinion. He, his policies, and his cronies will be unpopular. Rest up. Take care of yourself. Then...

There’s a #kidlitchat tonight at 9pm Eastern/6pm Pacific. If you can join us (right here on Bluesky), I hope you do!

3000 followers?! You guys are MENTAL 😭 As promised Im gunna do an art giveaway as a THANK YOU! Heres a chance to win one of these Persona 5 originals ✨ RULES ✨ follow me ✨ reshare THIS post ✨ comment which one you want ✨ tag a friend 🌍 worldwide giveaway, no giveaway accounts ♥️ Ends 2nd January

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Dr. Rudine Sims Bishop transformed how we see children's books and the world. Explore her powerful story in this oral history, created by the Coretta Scott King Book Awards Round Table for the 55th anniversary of the award. 📚 #MirrorsWindowsAndSlidingGlassDoors youtu.be/Zm6zmaERJ3c?...

Books. When buying books for gifts this holiday season, please don't buy from Amazon. Please shop at your local independent bookstore/bookseller. Ask for recommendations. If they don't have a particular book in stock, ask them to order it. Support creatives, local businesses, and your community.

🌱 Gamer since: 1993 🌱 First system: NES 🌱 Last: PS5 🌱 Main: Switch 🌱 Fav: 3DS 🌱 Fav. dev: Anything Nintendo 🌱 First game: Duck Hunt 🌱 Fav. game: Ocarina of Time, Golden Sun 1&2 🌱 Least fav. game: shooters 🌱 Graphics or frames: no preference

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's speech at #NCTE24 #NCTE2024 was amazing! Want to know about teaching Supreme Court cases in ELA? Please check out these pieces below:

Hope you all will join us at the state affiliate gathering tomorrow! We would love to see you, member or not. ALL state affiliates invited! #ncte24 #mcte

Mark your calendars -- February 21 will be NCTE-CLA's UGA Inaugural Online Research Conference "Illuminating Children’s Literature Research in Theory and Practice" #NCTE24 www.childrensliteratureassembly.org/conference.h...

Wicked was amazing! 😻 Cynthia Erivo and Arianna Grande were spectacular.

Okay, made a starter pack of people working in children’s and young adult literature (though possibly I missed the starter pack wave already)! Almost certainly missed some people, so let me know if you’d like to be added or, of course, removed #yalit #kidlit #mglit go.bsky.app/UH5bfQb

I wrote about Project 2025's education policies (they're all terrible), and what we can do to make sure these plans never become a reality. 📚🗳️ ncte.org/blog/2024/07...

Need support for your research project in the field of children’s literature? Applications for the CLA Research Award are due July 1, 2024. Please see the CLA website for more information: #NCTE24 #KidLitAssembly #ChidlrensLit #Research

Thursday was fun! #universalstudioshollywood